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V WONDERS KEVER
7T IRST it was a concession to
I !; Journalism by giving larger headings to its est
news then it was an announcement of a de-
crease In its subscription price; then it waa a bunch of
colored pictures in a special pew Year edition, anotner
case of swearing ahe'd ne'er-consent,. but consenting;
theiTit waa the offer of a premium to subscribers in the
sIe of "a talking machine," something ordinarily called
" a" phonograph,' and finally ir'is "tKe arinouncemenf pf a
voting contest as the result of which
. popular young ladies in three states
The Old Ladv of Alder street
"pretty"? aplT gait" She-ia-actually-aittirig1
notice of what is going on about her; she Is realising
that the world do movcx and that she can't keep still and
still keep up with the procession. : If need be she actually
resorts to the rouge pot, and otherwise primps -up in
something little more modern than the fashions of the
fall of '49. Soon ah will doubtless have a bean guess.
' ing contest to arouse the intellectual enthusiasm of her
" readers and to bolster up a waning circulation which
needs 'such hypodermics to stimulate it --iv :'u Jr-
. Whereat thera is exceeding Joy Jq ; Portland. . Who
would have dreamt it three brief years agone that the
: Tall Towef would condescend to such, pitiful methods.
The next step will be rouge et noirin the daily edition,
screaming headlines fresh from the paintpot in the
ahriekiest colors that can be concocted. - Nothing can
atop her.- She has thrown conservatism to the dogs,
taken to .roller skates and tha .toboggan and there are
lurid streaks in the atmosphere that bespeak further ex-:
hibitions of hysterical gayety in the immediate future.,, :
. ..Watch her paint brush! !
Mr. Bryan has been made a datto of Mindanao. We
feared something of this sort would- happen U he -stayed
too long-over in the orient ; How can he claim,, after
this, to be only one of the common people? , t -
THE CZAR'S STRONG RIGHT ARM
'HY DOES NOT the revolution in Russia suc
ceed? - With the widespread , revolt against,
the Government of professors and students
of the universities, of the professional classes, and of
the artisans; with disaffection in the navy and ominous
. discontent in the army; and with violent . outbreak
among the peasantry against the " landlords and the
agents of government, why is it impossible for the peo
ple to organize such a resistance to the government as
would compel the czar either to listen to the people's
demands otio abdicate? ' . V. : ,T
Doubtlesfl many reasons - may-be - given in answer.
But the sufficient answer lies largely, in one word the
Cossacks. When' an uprising in the cities is to be put
down, a stern man is put in command, and the Cossacks
are called in. When the emperor' life is in special dan
ger, he adds a squadron of picked men from the Cos
sacks to his bodyguard. And -we read the other, day
tha Tolstoi had said in an interview that th oeasante
at the 'present time' are a little more disposed to out-
. break than heretofore, but that their uprisings do not
amount to much,, for : "if they see
. surrender. , r ...'..'
- The world has repeatedly witnessed
.a smalLpody of. well organized and
has in compelling obedience to authority, ibis is es
pecially true if the troops are reckless of their own lives
and insensible to the sufferings, and deathofothersJJind
' were led by a man of like character with themselves. A
squadron of such soldiers strikes terror in an unorganized
' multitude, and is feared even by well disciplined soldiers.
Such a body are the Cossacks of the Russian army.
' Comparatively, the Cossack form a small part of the
Russian army, yet they are of themselves not a small
body, numbering ;when the army is on a . war . footing
fabout 150,000 men. . They form separata organizations
from tha rest of the troops, and stand upon a different
footing. Physically they are splendid men, and are born
soldiers, but of a peculiar type, of the frontier, free
booting type. Their fathers were such before them, for
generations, back to. the earliest times of the empire, to
the tjm when the Mongols inundated central. Europe
and threatened the extinction of all Christian power.
,The early Cossacka, dwelling as thcy-didon the south
eastern borders of Central Europe, became the advance
. guard of European civilization fn the task of driving
"Turk and. Tartar back into Asia. First from necessity
' and later from preference they became soldiers, and sol
diers of a. hardy, wild and reckless character. Unre
lated by any close ties of kinship to the peoples on whose
pordei Uiey lived, they-ww affected -toward them by
' few of. the common 'feelings that bring men into sym
patby and fellowship. Originally independent, and tak
ing pride in their independence, even after giving their
'allegiance to the czar they still were largely a detached
people. Acknowledging allegiance to the czar, they yet
r are not really of the Russian people, and have but little
in common with them. After centuries they remain a
detached soldier class, l Stern soldier the Cossacks from
7 the first were, and tifl are, ' Accustomed from the first
. to find their -reward in the spoil of the vanquished, their
, warfare is still characterized by the savage and hearties
, cruelty of those who fight not for honor or love of coun
; try,' but for lust and booty. ' ...efivV;. C.-Xi "i
It is these qualities that fit the Cossack f6r the service
expected of them. .They are the strong right arm of the
government in the suppression of all disorders arising
, from the disaffection of the people. Bound by no close
ties to the oppressed people, having no special grounds
of. discontent of their own, born to war and insensible to
.human suffering orJiumanaympathy, they do their work
; at the word of command ruthlessly and With an appalling
- thoroughness.'1!.,r.'.'.',i4:-:Ji,,;,.':;. . ,. r. .
And yet will it.alway be o with the Cossacks? ' Will
they never become sensitive Ho human suffering and
wrong, not accessible to feelings of kinship and sym
pathy with the people on whose borders they dwell?
Some among those who now feci only the terror of their
presence or attack still think that eve their stern and
-hard natures may yet become aecssibIiToumahappeaT.
:t:Arready thpughtfnto
uuiciiii nt Mjwg pians .ro aissoive
Russian autocracy by; the powerful
sympathy,- i nere -are those that
sack mat guarce te door ot the peasant is not wholly
inacces"b)e to approaches' of human kindness from
Within that door. Tolstoi ftwo Cossacks" may yet be
come the peasant's best friend. " TT" "v "',ri;y
assasssBBSssaasassai .'"'".',
; Poultney BIgelow ha tirrd op the political animal
, in Washington to such an extent that the country will
now see quite a show." And one of the funny things
about it is that they think it necessary to take Poult to
" seriously. "'' - -'sv,....
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The '-e of Ame'rlon Is changing the
t .. of traveling salesmen." said
A. i i: "-y, chief clerk at the Baltl
r t y.- "It Isn't so long ago that
..i. J saaa would have thought
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you mad had yon asked him why he
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long trips from east to -west. A man
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' IRRIGATION IN BOISE VALLBY.A
T. BOOTH, president of the chamber of
i commerce of Boise City, perceiving clearly
has been accomplished by irrigation
arpund that town,' and looking at the prospects ahead,
thinka it probable that within about twelve yeara Boise
City will have a population of 100.000 and that the trior
utary irrigated country win contain an equaiiy wcrcaicg
population. jtiyL , '.. v - - .
Up to a Yew years ago Borse was a comparativeTy' old
Standstill towrt of 3,000 or 4,000 inhabitants, and the sur
roundinaM cnuntrv was . oeoDled - principally' by a-few
stockmen and mmeFTradyirwiif "40-privata -irrigation
work, Boise ha grown to a eity of about 18,000,
and the irrigated country 'produce a grekr volurflenof
stuff. But -with the projected : scheme of reclamation
carried out. aa thev undoubtedly will be, the present afea
of irrigated land will be many times multiplied, ' will
support tens of thousands of people, and will make Boise
one of the largest interior town of the west The soil
when irrigated is of ibe. utmost fertility and will produce
an almost unlimited quantity of fruits, vegetables,-al
falfa, grain and other broducts, of the very finest quaU
ity. The region around Boiee has already grown into a
great garden, spot, one of the fairest and healthiest on
earth, and in a few years this area of farm and garden
to very large proportion. - v
reclamation strip is 60 miles in length,
embrace 700,000 icres of land, and the -work-will cost
approximately $10,000,000. ' No wonder Mr Booth sees
very bright and busy times ahead for his city "and the
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irrigation is doing for that region, not
long ago almost a desert and what it will do to a per
haps less extent in the Klamath Falls region, and on a
smaller yet not a small acale in Umatilla county. The
wonder is that irrigation on a farge acale in these locaU
ities was hot carried on long ago. It is already working
wonders or what to most people seem so and will
work greater wonder. - - , . .
THE TROUBLES OF ST. JOHNS.
T, JOHNSIourJ'' nearest "municipal "neighbor, is
continuous round of trouble, if not of
and a hard time in settling down to
steady and serene business, municipally. Ita council has
all along been aadly Split over one question or another.
There ia frequently some difficulty in getting a pew
municipality started off on the right track smoothly, but
St Johns has had more trouble than any new town we
know of. -VV.'
turmoils and mall tempests will pass.
degree - of amoothnes and serenity will
no doubt. succeed after a little, while. St. Johns is going
to be a big manufacturing center, a great industrial focus.
Its situation is peculiar, and we may add .peculiarly for
tunate, now . that the new development era ha fairly
dawned upon Qregon. There were large .questions pf
river frontage, and vacation of streets, and methods of
taxation and. means, of,-r even ue,h elides .perhaps..: some
needless councilmanic wrangling, which have made St
one; but everything will be arranged
somehow by and by, and the peninsula-end city will set
tle down,to the business of growing. -, y'V:'::'
Just now the conflict in St Johns i over the' license
question. So far no saloon ha been permitted there,
but a majority pf the council some time ago decided to
grant a license ito a new hotel company.. This aroused
the temperance people who are. f igh ting aga inst a jaloon
aa an adjunct to a hotel, or vice versa, and the hotel peo
ple are up in arms because it is intimated that the council
may grant other licenses also, which the hotel men say
would be contrary to the bargain. So there is more liti
gation in prospect for.the chy.:ZXXXl
much serious work ahead for the citv
time the people came together on some
to work together for the upbuilding of
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awarded "$17,500 .damaees against
who sold liquor to a man whom
they knew wa an habitual drunkard with a wife and five
children; and who spent his earnings in the saloons and
left them destitute. It is a righteous verdict and should
higher courts. ,
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE.
REGON DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE sound
; good. . It i a voung organization, a recent in-
ejUionojainffjrit!xi5tencctJherigh
too toon, and in response condition
an organization. It i in accord with
time and in harmony with irresistible
activities in re-discovered Oregon. . It
has done good work and wilt do much more. United
Oregon is its motto; united in purpose and effort to de
velop Oregon, to have toon a far greater Oregon.'to pull
all together to make jt so, each part working for itself
and also for all other sections; to appreciate Oregon,
stand by Oregon, speak for Oregon, advertise Oregon,
have faith in Oregon, help make Oegon a it ought to
become the, best all-around state in the union. In all
this the Development league should be and will be -a
very large and important factor. Union and harmony,
energy and liberality, faith and work, should be and we
believe are it main characteristics, : .',.--''.
THE , BEST MEN POR 'CONGRESS.
HE Washington Post hails the appointment of
Senator Gearin a a reassurance of the sound
condition of the publio sentiment of
that the people. lot their own sake
end men of the same stamp to congress. '. Only in that
way can the state regain it prestige and anything short
of that will not only be a reproach .upon the state but in
upon the whole couqtry. s ' :
The JcmrnaT"Bah eretoTore pointed outTh anheMa-
be on trial before the country upon
of men who should be sent to repre
sent Oregon in congress. Are the men that have ao far
announced themselves the very best? Irrespective of
politics,' regardful alone of the state' best interests, the
people of both district should give tnis subject tneir
most earnest attention. They should rest satisfied with
nothing short of representatives of high character and
acquirements, men who are looked up to by their neigh
bors and who, when "they go to Washington, may be
a fine type of the best Oregon
, -
just wherever he happens to be. . Ifotels
provide certain coartesles for the wives
and the salesmen are availing them
selves of them In larger numbers every
year. Salesmen tell roe that they cover
their territories mora thoroughly as
result of tho nsw custom. They are not
so anxious to get uaox home."
SMALL CIANG3
' The latest Chinaman to ntaka an argu
ment against America' exclusion law Is
Mr; Vf. , N aoodT) -t
Hear the bubbling of the political pott
A Pennsylvania man ia trying to a
cur a divorce .xrom nia wire . on the
ground that ah la an angel two days a
week and devil 'for five. - Well. It
might be worse. Why doeen't bo stay
home the two day and at the club the
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If you eaa't put up our umbrella,
you can soak your overcoat.
Keep the expenditures dowm .to the aa.
tlmatea. - .;.. "
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A single Chlneiie shooting scrape is
SiSSI AZ hWnder war.".. . .
..Why doean't the court ia-tha caao at
Rogers . and Rockefeller : apply, the
maxim, "Silence gives coneent" T
Negrophoblat Tardaman baa broken
out again with a lot of remarks that
ain't SO, ' ,i :'.. -i .', v-v';'.'.; A
Bealmg p north will be effectually
prohibited when the seal are all gone.
Get those bOU.au paldt ; V ! ,'
New begin aavlng for next Chrlatmaa.
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Rather aoft than a hard -winter ao
far- horoabouta.'j ...J,
rKo danger of the truaU' atocka get
ting off tho water wagon, --':
It ' la uppoeed that tho street eom-
mlMionor of Hades has received n lot of
cheap paving material- lately. ,".;; -,-.'.;-" .
The moat deadly poisons are sweet.
The rival telephone comtanlea' have
begun hell-o-lng at eachother.i--'-i
Admiral Rojeatveaaky's claim that ho
outroaneuvered Admiral Togo nt every
point, and waa banco the real victor in
the battle of the sea of Japan, equals
the version of the mixer who said he
licked tho Other fellow by holding him
down by Inserting his nose between his
antagonlat'a teeth. . . . - -
Now a New York doctor ha 'dis
covered that the use of -common salt In
food Is very .dangerous. 'Probably he la
too fresh. - ... f.77vv.''
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With reference to Rogers et alYTou
can lead a horse to water but you can't
maae htm artnx. But you ean put hint
to hard work till he gets thirsty and
maul htm If ha balka.' . -
..If yen -stick to the water wagon you
ean't go akatlng. - . ..,
The Irrigator significantly remarks:
"Who are we for? Waifc-uatU all the
candidates are trotted out and then we
will tall you. There are still several
leading cltlsens to hear from.'! .
Wouldn't it have been better to -send
Roosevelt to ' tho . north pole - and let
Walter Well man be acting president
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OREGON SIDELIGHTS
A West fall man has received a patent
for "a bay-stacking machine.
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' Many deer being killed . In Curry
county. ..... . .
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-. Myrtle Creek steadily .Improving. I 1
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- Rev. Mr. Householder has been brae
lag th Methodist church this week to
prevent Its toppling over should a gale
strike It Myrtle Creek Mall, a House
holder should bo good at this Job.- , -
First prlnfleld bank now ' doing
business. . . , -i'-i,.. ,..
Never were prospect more promis
ing, aaya the Springfield News.. ' .
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A Coo county farmer get . rid of
gophers by putting pitch In their hole
and covering them with board. Pitch
and timber are plentiful down there. .
Manr mighty tree and soma fences
blown down in Tillamook county last
A John bay valley Wyandotte hen
hatohed out ( chicks last year that
all lived and sold for from 10 cents
to- U.S each. 7. .....-., ,.."..
Hop will be freely contracted this
year, aaya th oarvai Btar. i ,
;'r ;'. ;?7.
Coleman Winn. ' th "Hermit of th
Blues," wh'o lives It mile east of
Weston, came out on enowshoes and re
ported a depth of IH feet of snow at
his cabin. On night th snowfall waa
IH feet the greatest In Z0 years. ,
The Hurrleane ..Creek school directors
hired a teacher at 14 a month and In
a month on visiting th school ' volun
tarily raised her wage to 15 a month.
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Watrl Water V is t n ' ery." says
t& Silver tk last Oregon la n. , , . 7 .
"Raising cranberries mar become an
other considerable Oregon industry.
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1 Corvallis can collect no evty tax this
year because the council forgot to maka
a levy, iria gupposed-thsy will nil be
roslsctsd. ':'vv..., , ' - "
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. Neighborhood telephone company Or
ganised at Dufttr. ::.:-,.-
imgin brtiftt. with new ertrte tight.
"Albany wante
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Astoria want 1
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Wheat outlook
exeellsnt . around
Athens.- - ;.
"Waaco county's sheep number 115,00,
only two band being scabby. : ( n
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- Ths Westfail correspondent of the Vale
Orlano understands, that soma of that
settlement's leading capitalists - have
subscribed 11,000,00 for the purpose of
building a coggsd railroad to th top
Of Juniper mountain,, where they pro
pose to erect aa observatory from whloh
to admlr th moom
- AyBonans man who wear a metal
plat in bis mouth forgetfully took
therein a swallow of hot coffee, which
scalded hla mouth so badly that It wa
feared he would choke to death and a
doctor waa summoned, and hla -mouth
and throat war very sore for days.
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TII3 aJNDAY SCHOOL ,
.LESSON
' Br IL IX Jenkins. U IX
'.Topic: "Ths Wise Men Find Jesus."
T-Matthew ita-laV. . .,
Ooldsn text "My son, give' pie thy
oearc-wrTov, xxuis. v .
' Snttodnetton.
Three years ago last July the .writer
of these notes reached Cologne shortly
before nightfall, and after an early din
nar hurried ever to the great Dora which
for years he had longed to revisit
He saw by ths -brilliant illumination
which streamed from its window that
some fete of more than-usual impor
tance waa in progress. . Dpoe entering
the -wide .doors bo. ound tfe. Teat .In
terior on reverberant choir, thousand
of people joining in the saored service,
while about Mis mighty building a robed
and Jawelod proceaalon was wending Its
wayy-varrylng -reuHHudlnous llghta-aad
rearing high thro glittering , golden
casketa. Then it was aesa that lh eity
was oeiebreUag -the visit of. the Magi;
ror it Is the. confident belief of the
eitlsena of Cologns that the skulls of
th throe wise men,' enshrined In Jeweled
caskets, are deposited under their high
altar. yCpon the day set aslds for th
remembrance of that . visitation, " the
cathedral is "crowded; th ecclesiastics
arc clothed In their most gorgeous vest
ments," and ths casksta are born amid
th flaring of flambeaux and the swing
ing of censers and th roll f organ,
ths entire circuit of the great building.
Not In that way but in some way, we
would all like to honor th men Who
cam a long and wearisome Journey to
Bee a little child and to hall him as th
expected king. The Jew always recog
nised "the east" as th ancestral horn
of hia rao and of mankind. He re
vered that locality aa th seat of th
oldest revelation. Kven tn It decadence,
even when Its cities wer tn ruin and
It empire a memory, he knew that it
waa th serine: and font of science, art
and? fetthv--...v-vr-?--r--;V; ..Vf'rs-
In aver rao there are doubtless aouls
feellug after God If haply they may
find him; disturbed ' spirits, -conscious
that they hava not discovered th secret
of th almighty, but confident that It
will yet be revealed. - Such an on waa
we miner er in ranatta msumu. wno
spent all hi weary life In seeking some
knowledge of Ood which would comfort
and strengthen hi heart and prepare
hla soul for some new existence. , ..- j .
To aom such seekers It is only tra
dition which says they wars three la
number Ood was pleased to reveal
enough to lead them toward Jerusalem,
s',. ,7'',. Tbm sVeanon v- .' .
Veree . What with evident frank
ness ths story of our .Lord's advent I
toldl The- pise and - th- data are
pointed -out with such specifications a
must indicate locality . and , tlm per
fectly to on familiar -with th land
marks W can Imagine that In future
ages JTVaahlngtDn 18QS.'1 would present
a chronological . and. geographical prob
lem to those who had never heard of
th United guts or learned that dates
wer. there reckoned from, th .birth of
Jesus of Nssareth. Although ths mother
of Jesus lived quit at th other end
of Palestlns. . God's.' providence finds
way to bring 4 - pass . the anolent
prophecy that th Messiah should bea
child of Bethlehem:. (Mlcab v: J ). "And
what a contrast this vers presents be
tween th careless and cruel king living
at Jerusalem, snd th wise 'men who
cam through such peril to see Jesus!
Many horn- Heathen accept Ood, while
many : children . of . Chrlstisn - parents
wholly neglect him (Matt vlll:lv-ll).
Vers . - Th authorities which "ar
eltsd by Edershalm, Farrar and -others,
regarding "evanescent sUrs," should be
reat But w are told e little of the
star of Bethlehem that w do not know
Just when it-appeared or whether It
waa formed, as on supposes, by an un
usual conjunction of the planets, or aa
others hold, by some heavenly mes
senger sent, to act aa guide... But we
believe that tha Ood ' who mad ths
star yet control them (Pa. xlvii:4).
Astronomy wis born In ths oast These
Inhabitants of the. groat plain of cen
tral Asia, war th nrat atudenta of the
heaven. 1 Bom of them were ao deeply
Impressed by th celestial lights, for
which they could not account that
they even "worshiped the . boats of
heaven". (Acta vll;4). Thess . men,
however, did not worship th star. ' The
star led them to worship the Messiah. '
Vans . Report troubled Herod. Th
coming 1 of Christ to any community
troubles th wicked In It Religion as a
philosophy never greatly disturbed any
body, but religion embodied In a strong
personality is sure tar "get on th
nerve" of. Irreligious men. Herod was
not afraid of Anna or Calaphaa, but he
was uneasy at th thought of a babe
specially endowed with th true spirit
of Ood. A little lehlld; who Uvea Jot ',
the Savior will do more to awaken the
consclenc of a wicked man than a phil
osopher who ha written I volume of
mere argument The oity shared the!
uneasiness of Ita king. Wickedness has
a widespread root It Is said by those
who have studied th conditions of Chi
cago that S0.000 persons In that city live
by vie. That 1 most likely aft under,
estimate, sine about 7,06 keep saloons.
When on come to add th prostitute,
gamblsrs, thlsvea, fortune-teller and
th rest it la easy to see what a vast
army am has reedy to light In Its pay.
'Ysrss 4. A good many bad man be
lieve la the scriptures. Herod had no
doubt upon th matter of prophecy.
He knew that there was a deep-seated
confidence among the Jews that some
day a Deliverer was to riss to vindicate
their causs. And he believed that the
advent of that Messiah wa foretold la
th word of God. But Ilk many an
other wicked maevhe had to aak some
body els, whsre th text waa to be
found. The thoroughly bad man la often
aa ready to believe th Bible as the
thoroughly good man. -Hia conacienc
has verified many of ita most solemn
admonition, r- - '. U:.::,-'j.'.x.. - I
"Verse I. Th scribe . knew ..more
about the geography of salvation than
about Its character. 'It I on thing to
know ths details of Blbls history and
snothsr thing to Imbibe It spirit Some
ministers and some Sunday school
teacher, maxJ.be.HJ(e JuwrJbhrthey ,
know a great deal about Christ but do
not know Christ -r
Verse . Predictive prophecy I su
pernatural That "Is probablr-on rea
son why. many wish to prove that It
does not exist. Ths New, Testament
constantly appeals to th fulfillment of
Old Testament prediction
Verss 7. Herod did not propos to 1st
the scribes 1st hi secret thought. He
flattered them by couneeltng with them,
but he plotted to carry cut hla Individ
ual schemes without them, . Evil rulers
will alwsya - fawn upon good men so
long they can use them. But the
moment th political bos has achieved
hla purpose, he drops them. It takes,
wis man to discern between th .defer,
one a bad man pay religion- in pablle
nd ths pnrposss h cherishes concern
ing It In privet, .,..,,
Verse , . Herod now believe himself
to play a very deep gam. Hs will
msks thess simple-minded enthusiasts
from abroad unconscious agents of his
malevolence. : H will onn their secret
out of them before it can beootns public
H who plotp murder la not going te
atuKtl evs a i:. The word l.erod
uses, "woinhl-j," wa that the oon
fesslon of t e v men (v. ). had
mad dnTD 1 on upon hi mind.
It wa no n .1 a r or formal trlb
ute which tey wod offer Whoever
Ihis child wss, he . was not a common
princeling. , Th mora Herod, was con
vlnced of the mysterious character ef
th babe, the more anxious he wa to
kill It before 4t personality could be
UISOIOS,
Verss . Good men ar not suspi
cious. They know themselves so well
that tbey know ether but ill. They
believed th king. There was nothing
increoioi in hla professed purpose. And
so they - went away grateful to. have
louno. sympathy wita their purpose In
high places. And to their -greater Joy,
the sur which they had followed but
lost reappeared and guided them toward
th plaoe they sought -. , ,
Verse 1. It la not to be wonders at
h. Tleltpra from Ujs. eaet-were
guta to nave ood sien before them
again. They bad doubtless expected, to
iiiu ciij- sn mm - pvsr ui aovent
praaicMlah.
On tha ionUy,thayl"flx'!.ihUixs for. their nwn benefit at. lh Jv
were recelveA by ths rlhsens-wlth-in.
difference; by th learned men with cold
curlosityr nd by-the. king by perhaps
a little over-effusion. Thev could not
understand it but tt waa very different
xrom wnat tney naa thought to see.
. vers 11. . Thsr 1 not a word said
aa to any disappointment upon th part
of - the wise men at th environment
of th Child-King. Perhape what tbey
naa seen or royalty at noma and In
Jerusalem led them t feel that heaven's
ehoaen must be quit unUk any earthly
king they bad aver met and certainly
unlike Herod. Their gift, valuable and
emblematlo. such" as they would offer
to any son of a king, they offered to this
kohlld In a manger. And than satisfied.
aitaougn a thousand problem remained
10 pe soivea. tney departed as a via.
Ion directed them; and,- having played
weir oner part upon the seen dron
out of eight "Jesus was bora a babe,
to become our strength? hs was bom tn
th night to become our llghtj he was
iaia in a manger, to neoom Our true
riches; and be divested himself of alor
wbo waa yet to alt upon the right hand
Of the Father." ,
THE PLAY 4
A diamond 1 forever a diamond. No
matter what th setting it 1 still a
diamond, and aUU sparklea. It is un
affected by what w call the "ravages"
of age. So Modjeska'a subtle art, as
th audience absorbed ft in ber Xady
Macbeth last night will forevsr remain
aa art V!r .-v': '.-. '
This may be your very last ocDortun-
Ity to see Mod Je ska and, rsgardlee of
th condition under which you se bsr,
you owe It to yourself to do so. Ws
hav corns to lovs her as ws de Pattt
not for what ah ts doing ao much as
for what ab ha dona.,' 7 . ....
"Macbeth.", of courea. la alwava latarl
eating. It - ta -on ' r th fw of
Bbakespeare's play which th bard did
not Intend chiefly a a "reading" play.
It possesses aotlon. - The spirit of war,
th dual,' th murder, th aleen-wslkln
and all. tnaks it of much more eonse-
qnence to t he -average play-goer than,
tor - example, "The . Tempest" 'Which
should be perueed la-front, of- the- do
mes fireplace, as a weird fancy, "but
never enacted. , j v.: . ..,(..-
That waa a good turnout at tha War.
uam laat evening to -follow the fin
old woman in. what la perhaps her great
est characterisation.' While ah -was on
th a tag th hous. waa - apell-bounA
But It. waa muoh of aa Individual affair,
it musfb admitted. Tim was when
"Macbeth" waa a two-men play. Under
these auspice It belongs in th n
woman t-laaa. This-Is not to say that
th othsr players wsr unaeceptebl.
It la merely measuring their standard
by th almost Incomparable art , of
Modjeeka. . v t. . , .. . . . ' , -, ,
Th . Polish . aetreea . has never been
able to )oee ber foreign accent and, per.
sonany, 4 am giaa or it. it glvee Lsuly.
Macbeth, surrounded as ah ia by per
fect Vngllsh, a peculiar faaclnatlon and
Inspires th impressionist with th real'
lam of bar remorseful character, whlch.1
for wlWIiitu. ..l
excelled. Th madams' somnambulis
tic scene last night wa aa cleanly out
and evenly performed a ever it waa In
years gon by, and her seen In the
courtyard after the murder waa another
triumph. She will remain aa actress
she will remain In our memorts long
after th final summons. . . - - , .
Jul . Murry. under who .direction
th present tour Is favorably progress
ing, has provided a good aosnie produo
Uoa and haa brought Into hla fold sev.
era! old-tlm favorite to fill th Im
portant roles. . Charles IX Herman, wh
baa in hla day supported th most
prominent of our ftegABpAfeftn actors.
la th Msobath. and doea th role capi
tally. William Haseltln Is a vary ac
ceptable Macduff, and Wadsworth Har
ris a aplendid Banquo. .1 -.
Tonight Madam - ModJaka prsssnts
"Much Ado About Nothing," appearing
aa Beatrice, and tomorrow matinee the
engagement conclude with Schiller's
Mary Stuart."-, RACB WHITNET. ;
Will Succeed Blackbnrn.
. Trom Variou gouroes.
' Judce Thome H. Faynter was raised
a poor boy on a farm la th mountain
In Lewis county, te th eastern part of
Kentucky. Now h la accounted on of
the richest a wsll as ablest men of that
Stat. After , having been . graduated
from Center college, Danvllls, Ken
tucky he studied law with Judge Oar
land at Vanceburg. He was admitted
to the bar In 17. Ia 17 he married
Miss Uaal K. Pollock of Greenup, Ken
tucky.. ' ' : ' :''h
, since becoming chief -.Justice of the
Kentucky court of appeals Judge Fayn
ter baa abbreviated hi locxa some whir
He I a dose friend of Governor Beck
ham and wa put forward by Beckham
to beat Senator J. C S. Blackburn. The
canvas for the nomination was bitter,
and Blackburn and. Governor Beokhem
ssch Issued a card . denouncing the
other. Senator Faynter haa been known
aa a good political organiser.
Jndae Favnter la tn bis ' Bftv-flfth
ysarr-rofwiit ycaia lis-has-heena-i
member er tn court 01 appeals- Hia
preparation for the bar waa thorough
ana accurate ana nis success in tne
practice of his profession waa marked
and Immediate. HS was admitted to
th bar In 17 Snd opaned hi first er
ne In " Greenup,' where he. soon . built
np large- practice. He lived In
Oreenup-until elected to the eourt of
appeals. In 1T he ' waa appointed
county attorney, and served until 17.
when he ws elected to th same efflo.
Which' he held until ltl. He was a
member of.th Fifty-first congress and
twice reelected, serving from IIS until
IMS. It UK Judge Faynter was
elected to th appellate oourt and re-
.- .... ' - J
elected tn 100.
;:.! 7 Wanted tha Uoncy... ..
r From th Detroit Tr Ft.
"Why don't you demand fte.00 tn
atsad of ll.oeor' said tbs lawyer.
"Oh, because," explained the lady of
th breach of promts suit "then he
might change hia mini eel want te
marry ma," . ... , .. ;. J ' ,
VZTTZZ3 HIOM TH
' A 'rerawr' Ts tinlslhj Tied"
Ballston, Or Jan. 10. To th Editor
of The JoumaWMy sxparisno tn reg
istering voter leads me to believe that
th direct primary nominating law is a
faro so far a th rural electors are
concerned. At least when one in
eighteen declare his political procllvl
tls and the other seventeen asasrt that ,
thsy hav none and thereby debar ,
themselves from taking- part in the
primary election, the scheme can scarce
ly be called a howling success. . In fact
th rural voter will be pretty general- ,
ly found asserting that hs may Just as '
well not sots at-all o far as any bene-"T"
fit he cnay derive from governmental
handling of affairs ia concerned. He Is , .
convinced that cities and corporations
xpne. Qi .ic .isjrmer ana.. laborer, in. .
general. ;. i . . -- ',..-
-Nor la thlrvlw to b wondsred at ---Over,
since "de wsh" for th last 4 .
years, legtslaUon har almost .r.uttsriyTt
Ignored th farmer. . The national pol- ;
Icy of taxaUon was. firat to "protect
American manufactures," next to. pro-
tect "American . labor," by which waa
meant labor ngagad In manufactures
and mines ths arm hand being -4g-
norsd, Uiiffs on a few artloles like
Sugar and wool being fixed to benent
thoss wbo handle thess products after
they leave the growers1 hands. But
enough of specifying; audio It to say
that th great agricultural class wh
by their enormous exports saved th 1
nation's credit and paid cur grant na- -ttonal
debr to foreigner, hava -been J
robbed - right - and- left by- corporation .
legislation, .wall th burden of 'local "
taxation fall .mainly on th farmer, '
While rich men In cltlee escape.
. What has been : tbs result? " The
farmer, barely able to make a living.
haa been, unable to fertilise, to drain
or ' to apply capital to Improving th
quality, of hla land, and w ar now
confronted with Vast area of exhausted
soil . that wilt n ' more rats-' paying
crop of .wheat; -..and vth . American
farmer is perforce compelled to turn r
to the Canadian northwest for a virgin
soil and a nsw teas of Ufa. W hav '
killed the goose that laid th golden '
egg. . The millions w ar now spend- r
ing in a ruuie enort 10 reaeem in sic-
uation by . watering deserts, mak a
laughable and yet aad commentary on
paat treatment of th tiller of th Boll
by th powers that be In this great and
glorioua ?) republic! ---!
Bor ona I shall not wondr -it h
present apathy of th farming class la
th matter . of - political movements
grown even more pronounced than at
present . WAIXACB TAXES. -
LEWIS AND CLARK
At Fort Clltaie.-;t.-- Wi.J, .
January 11. Our meat la now becoro-
Ina scares! wa therefore determined to .
Jerk It and Issue tt In small quantities.
lastesd of dividing n among tne xour
messes, and leaving to aeh th pare of.
Its own provisions; . a pan by wnien
much la lost in ooaseojueae -of th tm
providence of the men. Two bunrs
had been dispatched In th morning, and
on of thenv Drew ye r. had before even
ing killed seven elk. We should soasosiy
be able xo subsist, were n aoi ir uie .
exertion. C this most excellent hunter
Th gam Is scarce and nothing Is now
to be seen except elk, which for almost
all th men ar very difficult to be pror
eurad, but Drawyer, wh Is an off spring
of a Canadian Frenchman and an In-
die WOaHP. hs psssed hl-4if-4n-4h M
woods, and unites, . in a woneerrui oe- -t
gree, th dexterous 'aim -of tha frontier..
buntsmsQ with th intuitive sagacity of
th Indian. In pursuing th faintest '
track through th forest. All our men.
however, -hav Indeed become so expert ..
with th rifle that we ar never under
apprehension as to food; since, when--.'
ever there Is tim of any kind we are -
almost certain of procuring It t
v-.-s-.. rwUinn Inr Mn-hanfa.
Bv a majority of four to three the
New York court of appeala haa decided V
In Wright Vs. Hart 74 N. K. Rep. 404.
that Laws N. TN lt. p. 114. ch. Ill,'
regulating salee of storks of merchan- -dlee
In bulk. Is unconstitutional.' Th5"'
act provides that a sale of nay portion
of a stock f merchandise tDsrwis , -than
In th ordinary course of trad ta
the regular and usual prosecution of -the
seller's business, r ths sal of an
entire stock of marchandl la bulk. .
hall b fraudulent aa against lh cred
itor of the seller, unices at least flvs
dava before a sal a full and detailed .
Inventorx-l aoade and. IhelFurchaaerj
makes explicit inquiry 01 me "uf -1
to the name of creditors and notifls .
them. It I held that this Is in conflict .
with th New Tork constitution, article
U sections 1. , and th federal consil- -tntinn.
amendment 14. section 1. guar-
anteelng -tha equal protection - of th ,
laws and forbidding , aepnveuon
property without due proc of law.
Th majority opinion was delivered by .
Warner, ,J who, after analysing the 1
stetute, said: . "Ne one will hav th
tsmarit ta assert that this drastlo and
cumbersome statute la pot la- restraint -
a th rishts of liberty- and xropenr
a those term have been Judlcloualy de. .
dared to hav been used in tbs reuerai ,
and stats constitutions." ale points out
that the aimUar statute which exist in
aom 10 other Jurisdictions hav prao.
tloally all been passed since) 10. snd -aayat
"Twsnty wrong can never mak
on right - , Statute that ar
passed .pro bona publico rarely aweep
th country with such-lrrsistlbl mo
mentum, whtl much fantaatlo lsglsls
tlon ha resulted from organised cru
sades upon leglelatures by tha advocates
and oupportsra of Special classes.'
Hslsht. J- wrote a concurring opinion,
and Gray and Bartlstt H- concurred
without opinion..- Venn," J., and Cullen, ,
C J., wrote dissenUng opinions, tn whloh ,
CBrlsn J. eoneurred. . ; ... ,
! Tba llartUna Hava Ua Bat-i
jlj-uu. yiri 'pane, "-i;'1
Camllle Ftaramarlon,-the aeteonomer, r
taikin on - th ever-green subject or . .
Mara,' declared -that -the- Inhabitawta of
tbat planet are much more highly de-'
reloped than th inhabttanta of the
earth, than Whom It would be difficult '
to Imagine a less Intelligent humln ,
species, Inasmuch a, they do not know-
how td control themeelvea..'; "t
The Martian are a much older race .
than the in habits nts of th earth, res
rvsenUng what th lattee will be v-..
sral million year hence. Belief in
their great . Intellectual , auperlorlty v .
strengthens yearly with constantly in-
creasing obssrvaUona, M. riartmarlon
..--.. Ma lawe 4tv arsumente da-
supported his view by argumente de
rived from - weii-anown pnystoai pne
nomena In Mara. . .:. ,.:f-j-y'
D , ' , ' 1 ' " 1 t - ' ' :' 1 '"
? " -; Mo Pull on Mara. ft ? : a , .
From the Detroit News. . '
Further dlscovartee as to the elabc
rate system of eanala on Mars lead 11 '
to believe that th transcontinental rati-'
read have little laflaeae that,. :
.1 v